State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, is filibustering controversial legislation that would dramatically restrict access to abortions in Texas. Abortion opponents argue the measure would improve women's safety, while reproductive rights advocates argue it would effectively cut off legal access to abortion in the state and endanger women's health. ( Read more... )

Ganked from ponygirl2000, with my sincere thanks because otherwise I wouldn't have seen this article at all. CBC News reports on voter suppression in Canada... just so it's clear that voter suppression does occur in other democratic countries besides the United States.
Tory election call scripts raised polling station changesA company working for the ( Read more... )

In 1999, Sorkin (with Patrick Caddell on the teleplay and Dee Dee Myers on story) wrote the following episode, which was about appointing the next Supreme Court Justice, not about the general election. I still feel it's appropriate.

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Sam Seaborn: "It's not just about abortion, it's about the next 20 years. In the '20s and '30s it was the role of ( Read more... )

At 8pm tonight, the Senate passed the Omnibus Crime Bill. Here are some links about the crime bill (Bill C-10), offered without commentary ( Read more... )

ACTA affects everyone...

If you're an American and you want to sign a petition protesting ACTA, I suggest signing (one of) the official White House petition(s). There's the old petition to veto SOPA, which the White House has responded to and which you can find linked in this article: Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on ( Read more... )

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My "tutee" (that can't possibly be a real word) didn't show up for tutoring today! And yet I still had to walk home in the rain and now my shoes are all muddy ( Read more... )

Rather than post a separate entry on the Jack Layton chalk memorial, I've edited my previous post to include a new photo of Nathan Phillips Square before the rain, and a Toronto Sun article about how people were re-writing new messages today after the rain. Of course, we're currently experiencing a thunderstorm, so unfortunately those will have ( Read more... )

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I didn't find out about Jack Layton until this afternoon when I got online and saw a fellow Canadian's post on my dwircle/flist. He'd beaten cancer once and we were all rooting for him to beat it again. I can't imagine how Olivia and the rest of his family are feeling right now. This is a great loss, for them and for us. He was a good man who cared ( Read more... )